Predicate: tilt

Roleset id: tilt.01 , (cause to) be not level, motion according, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

tilt.01: TILT-V NOTES: Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4, spatial_configuration-47.6 (from tilt.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
tilt (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause, agent (vnrole: 47.6-agent, 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing not level (vnrole: 47.6-theme, 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-DIR: path of tilt, tilt towards
        Arg3-PRD: destination (goal actually reached by tilting), end state

Example: most intuitive usage

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        As surely as a seesaw tilts, falling interest rates force up the price of previously issued bonds.

        Arg1: a seesaw
        Rel: tilts

Example: all args

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Mr. Black said he is ``pleased'' with the economy's recent performance, and doesn't see ``a lot of excesses out there that-1 *trace*-1 would tilt us into recession.''

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> a lot of excesses out there
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: tilt
        Arg1: us
        Arg3: into recession

Example: ergative with arg2

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Will he, if he wins, be in the thrall of the most liberal of his allies, who advocate such policies as rent control for commercial buildings, or will he tilt toward the real-estate interests that have funneled money into his campaign?

        Argm-mod: will
        Arg1: he
        Rel: tilt
        Arg2: toward the real-estate interests that have funneled money into his campaign